Popular baby names in South Dakota, 1919

The most popular baby names in South Dakota in 1919 were Helen for girls (229 babies) and Robert for boys (276). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,925 babies born in South Dakota in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in South Dakota in 1919

Names given at least 15 times in South Dakota that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Alvina: 18 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Delores: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Fern: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Adeline: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carol: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marcella: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Viola: 80 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Arlene: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luella: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Violet: 66 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Vern: 18 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Lyle: 38 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Merle: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Orville: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Arnold: 44 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emil: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dale: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Clayton: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alvin: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wayne: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in South Dakota, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Helen	229	↑1	2
2	Mary	208	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	203	–	3
4	Margaret	166	↑2	4
5	Ruth	160	↓1	5
6	Mildred	137	↑1	6
7	Evelyn	130	↓2	11
8	Irene	123	–	16
9	Esther	105	↑8	38
10	Alice	99	↓1	13
11	Doris	87	↑7	18
12	Gladys	84	↑1	21
13	Florence	81	↓3	14
14	Viola	80	↑7	58
15	Lois	79	↑7	40
16	Lucille	78	↓2	27
17	Marie	75	↓6	12
18	Virginia	75	↑10	7
19	Edna	74	↓4	22
20	Frances	73	↓8	9
21	Hazel	68	↓2	32
22	Marjorie	66	↓6	33
23	Violet	66	↑6	74
24	Lillian	64	↑7	17
25	Bernice	63	↑2	42
26	Grace	58	↑11	34
27	Lorraine	58	↓7	62
28	Eleanor	55	new	30
29	Ethel	55	↑7	28
30	Phyllis	55	↑4	84
31	Maxine	53	↓5	85
32	Agnes	51	↓9	50
33	Elizabeth	51	↓1	8
34	Anna	50	↓9	10
35	Clara	50	↑12	43
36	Jean	46	new	37
37	Vera	46	new	65
38	Betty	45	↑2	15
39	Edith	45	↑4	29
40	Gertrude	42	↓16	39
41	Leona	42	↑5	90
42	Marian	42	↓4	82
43	Vivian	39	↑2	72
44	Alma	38	new	76
45	Martha	38	↓12	25
46	Elsie	36	↓16	47
47	June	36	new	64
48	Rose	36	↓13	19
49	Thelma	35	↓7	31
50	Geraldine	34	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	276	–	4
2	John	251	–	1
3	Donald	187	↑2	17
4	William	154	↓1	2
5	Raymond	130	↑5	14
6	Harold	128	↓2	13
7	George	124	↓1	6
8	James	120	↓1	3
9	Kenneth	116	↑2	26
10	Charles	115	↓2	5
11	Arthur	80	↑4	19
12	Richard	77	↑2	12
13	Walter	77	↑4	11
14	Clarence	76	↓1	25
15	Edward	75	↓6	8
16	Earl	69	↑13	31
17	Joseph	66	↑7	7
18	Howard	65	↑12	24
19	Francis	61	↑8	34
20	Albert	58	↑6	18
21	Alvin	57	↑24	76
22	Marvin	57	↑9	63
23	Paul	57	↑11	15
24	Vernon	56	↑11	65
25	Edwin	55	new	52
26	Frank	54	↓4	9
27	Leonard	54	↓7	39
28	Lloyd	54	↓5	58
29	Carl	50	↑3	29
30	Henry	50	↓14	16
31	Melvin	50	↓10	56
32	Norman	50	new	48
33	Clifford	49	↓8	60
34	Ralph	49	↓16	22
35	Ernest	47	new	36
36	Harry	47	↓17	20
37	Herbert	47	↑10	40
38	Elmer	45	↓26	44
39	Eugene	45	↓6	33
40	Arnold	44	↑10	94
41	Leo	44	↓2	49
42	Thomas	42	↑1	10
43	Wayne	42	↓2	90
44	Leroy	41	new	55
45	Lester	41	↓5	62
46	Gerald	40	new	70
47	Floyd	39	↓9	59
48	Bernard	38	↓11	45
49	Lyle	38	–	>100
50	Lawrence	37	↓22	38

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